Cork South (Dáil constituency)


Cork South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation.

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It succeeded the constituency of Cork South-East. It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1961, when it was partially replaced by the new constituency of Cork South-West.

Boundaries

The administrative county of Cork except the portion thereof which was comprised in the constituencies of Cork Borough, Cork North, Cork East and Cork West.

TDs

Elections

1957 general election

1954 general election

1951 general election

1948 general election